Summary of Findings AMAP Knowledge & Practice Component B Stocktaking Exercise

This microREPORT summarizes findings from a stocktaking exercise conducted by the AMAP BDS K&P Component B team. The stocktaking exercise was used to inform decisions about the focus of research, activities and outputs for the component.  Component B team members held discussions with ten USAID mission staff with a wide range of experience and expertise—a mix of career officers, personal service contractors (PSCs), local staff, and three USAID officers in Washington, DC—as well as seven contractors, five NGOs, and three other donors to understand how they design private sector development programs.  The team was interested in the analysis they contract out or do themselves that contributes to the design (the SOWs for RFPs); their demand for tools and guides to aid in the analysis and design process; and how they do or don’t design projects to include micro and small enterprises.  The stocktaking exercise focused on Missions, but the other interviewees provided valuable insights and points of comparison.